Ко се венчао Kawit (queen)?

Kawit was an ancient Egyptian queen consort, a lower-ranking wife of King Mentuhotep II of the 11th Dynasty. Her tomb (DBXI.9) and small decorated chapel were found in her husband's Deir el-Bahari temple complex, behind the main building, along with the tombs of five other ladies, Ashayet, Henhenet, Kemsit, Sadeh and Mayet. She and three other women of the six bore queenly titles, and most of them were priestesses of Hathor, so it is possible that they were buried there as part of the goddess's cult, but it is also possible that they were the daughters of nobles the king wanted to keep an eye upon.

Her stone sarcophagus is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (JE 47397). The queen is depicted with short hair, she is sitting on a chair, a servant girl is arranging her hair, while a servant is pouring her a drink. On her sarcophagus her only titles are priestess and King's Ornament (a title for noble ladies at court), her queenly title appears only in her chapel. Also in her tomb were six miniature wax figurines depicting Kawit, in small wooden coffins, these may be early versions of ushabti.

The queen was also depicted on reliefs in the funerary temple of her husband Mentuhotep II. These depictions are today heavily destroyed, but it seems that she appeared in a scene showing a row of royal women. On the preserved fragments she is shown before queen Kemsit. Her title in the depiction is beloved king's wife.

Her titles were: King's Beloved Wife (ḥmt-nỉswt mrỉỉ.t=f ), King's Ornament (ẖkr.t-nỉswt), King's Sole Ornament (ẖkr.t-nỉswt wˁtỉ.t), Priestess of Hathor (ḥm.t-nṯr ḥwt-ḥrw).

Nebhotepre Mentuhotep II (2046–1995. pre nove ere) bio je faraon 11. dinastije, sin Intefa III od Egipta i niže kraljice po imenu Iah. Vlastita supruga mu je bila 'kraljeva majka' Tem. Ostale supruge su bile Neferu (vlastita sestra) i pet žena pokopanih u njegovom zagrobnom kompkleksu. Jedini poznati sin mu je bio Mentuhotep III.

Kralj je svoje ime promenio nekoliko puta tokom vladavine, najverojatnije kako bi označio važne političke događaje. Prestolno ime mu je bilo Nebhepetre, a poznat je kao prvi vladar Srednjeg egipatskog carstva. Torinski kanon mu pripisuje vladavinu od 51 godine.

U 14. godini njegove vladavine se dogodio ustanak. Moguće je da je u pitanju bio rat Mentuhotepa II protiv suparničke 10. dinastije u Herakleopolisu Magni. O tim događajima se malo zna.

Mentuhotep je nakon toga ponovno ujedinio drevni Egipat, po prvi put od vremena 6. dinastije. Tačan datum ujedinjenja nije poznat.

Takođe je poznat po vojnim pohodima na jug protiv Nubije, koja je stekla nezavisnost za vreme Prvog prelaznog perioda Egipta. Takođe postoje dokazi o vojnoj aktivnosti u oblasti Palestine. Kralj je reorganizovao zemlju i postavio vezira na čelo uprave. Veziri za vreme njegove vladavine su bili Ipi i Dagi. Blagajnik je bio Khet, koji je isto tako učestvovao u kraljevom sed festivalu. Sledio ga je Meketre. Vojskovođa je bio izvesni Intef o kome se zna po njegovom grobu u Tebi.

Sahranjen je u velikoj grobnici koju je sagradio u Deir el-Bahriju. Mentuhotep II je sagradio hramove i kapele širom Gornjeg Egipta.